anacair

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an- +‎ socair.[1]

Adjective

anacair (genitive singular masculine anacair, genitive singular feminine anacra, plural anacra, comparative anacra)

  1. uneven, unsteady
  2. uneasy, uncomfortable
  3. difficult

Declension

Declension of anacair
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative anacair anacair anacra
vocative anacair anacra
genitive anacra anacra anacair
dative anacair anacair anacra
Comparative níos anacra
Superlative is anacra

Noun

anacair f (genitive singular anacra, nominative plural anacraí)

  1. unevenness
  2. unease, discomfort
  3. difficulty, distress

Declension

Declension of anacair (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative anacair anacraí
vocative a anacair a anacraí
genitive anacra anacraí
dative anacair anacraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an anacair na hanacraí
genitive na hanacra na n-anacraí
dative leis an anacair
don anacair 		leis na hanacraí

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of anacair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anacair n-anacair hanacair not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anacair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “anacair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 42; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “anacair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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